Beard clippings receptacle for electric shavers



May 12, 1953 s. KAHN ETAL 2,637,901

- BEARD CLIPPINGS RECEPTACLE FOR ELECTRIC SHAVERS Filed July 20, 1951 0o00 000000000 -00000000 03 00000000- 0000000083 000000000l l 0000006100,!0000000 00 INVENTORS SAMUEL KFIHN [5 14 5 4 5 CURTI$ D.MABRYJR.

Patented May 12, 1953 BEARD CLIPPINGS RECEPTACLE FOR ELECTRIC SHAVERSSamuel Kahn, Bridgeport, and Curtis D. Mabry,

J12, Stamford, Conn., assignors to Schick Incorporated, Stamford, Conn.,a corporation of Delaware Application July 20, 1951, Serial No. 237,698

6 Claims. i

This invention is in the nature of an improvement in beard clippin sreceptacles of the gen eral type disclosed in Patent No. 2,275,022,dated March 3, i942, and has for its object the provision of such a recetacle in such form that it may be readily molded and so organized as tofacilitate opening and closing and also cleaning.

The invention will be readily understood from the following descriptionof the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of an electric shaver incorporating apreferred form of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same; 7

Fig. 3 is an enlarged scale elevation of the inner side of one of thereceptacles;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged elevation of one of the ceptacle springs; and

Fig. 5 is a broken-out elevation, also enlarged, of the upper part ofone of the case halves showing the receptacles, in section, in differentpositions of opening.

In the particular electric shaver illustrated, the plastic molded case Icarries a shearing head 2 which be of the well-known type incorporatingone or more outer cutters open at opposite ends and having inner cuttersadapted to be reciprocated by a motor mounted within the case.

Adjacent and below the opposite ends of the shearing head the case isformed with angularly disposed walls forming recesses to receive beardclippings receptacles. For convenience, each case recess will bereferred to as defined by a side wall l and a bottom wall 5. Thereceptacles and cooperating case recesses and components being identicalat the two ends of the shearing head, the same reference characters willbe used for both.

The receptacles, generally designated F, are more or less trough-shapedor cupped on the inher side, that is, adjacent the shaver case andoverlie the open ends of the shearing head to receive the beardclippings. At least around their periphery, the receptacles abut theside and bottom walls of the case recess to more or less close thereceptacles against the escape of beard. clippings.

The receptacles are spring-hinged to permit ready opening and preferablyby means of ribbon-type or so-called c-springs l the ends of Whichareanchored, respectively, to the case and to the receptacles. In theform illustrated, the inner ends of the springs are located in channels8 formed in the shaver case and extend outwardly through case openings 9below the shearing head. The outer ends of the springs have formed uppintle portions Ill (Fig. 4) adapted to be located in slots H which areopen at their upper ends and extend downwardly into the thickened lowerportions l2 (Fig. 3) of the receptacles. As will be understood, thistype of spring mounting holds the receptacles closed (as in Fig. 1) whenin position to abut the bottom and side walls of the case recesses andpermits them to be swung outwardly from the upper ends for emptying andto give access to the open ends of the shearing head for cleaning thelatter.

The beard clippings, especially if allowed to accumulate, tend to packand the dust-like small particles penetrate and adhere in quite smallcrevices; and, accordingly, it is desirable to provide for opening thereceptacles wide and in such fashion as tofacilitate cleaning not onlyinside but around them.

To that end, the bottom wall of each case recess is provided with asmall ramp !3 which slopes upwardly toward the vertical wall of the caserecess. Preferably, as shown, there is provided a second ramp I l formedon the side Wall of the case recess as an extension of the first rampand sloping inwardly toward the side wall of the case recess. Asindicated, the lower part of each receptacle, or its inner side, isrecessed, as at l5 (Fig. 3) to accommodate the ramp when the receptaclesare in their closed position.

When one of the receptacles is swung downwardly to open it, it comes toa first position of rest as indicated at the right in Fig. 5, the bottomouter edge of the receptacle having ridden up the first ramp and come torest at the line of junction of the two ramps. Further downward pressureapplied to the outer end of such receptacle moves it to a secondposition of rest as indicated at the left in Fig. 5, in which the bottomouter edge of the receptacle has reached the upper end of the secondramp.

It has been found that, so organized, the receptacles open freely andsmoothly and that by the motions thus imparted to and the positionsassumed by them, a thorough cleaning of the beard clipping accumulationsboth in and around the receptacles can be more readily performed and, inconsequence, the receptacles maintained in good working order. As willbe recognized, the receptacles are readily adapted for molding, as alsois the case, with its receptacle recesses and ramps. In the presentinstance, the case -may be assumed to consist of two identical halvesmating along the line It (Fig. 2), the case recesses and ramps beingformed one half on each case half. In other words, each case half is areplica of the one shown in Fig. 5.

It will be understood that the details of construction of the abovepreferred form are subject to modification within the scope of thefollowing claims.

We claim:

1. The combination with a shaver case, a shearing head supported on thecase at one end thereof and the case having a recess below and at eachend of the shearing head, each said recess including a vertical wallsubstantially in the plane of the end of the shearing head and asubstantially horizontal wall at the. lower end of the vertical wall anda case opening in each of said vertical walls: of a clippingsreceptacle. in each said recess having inner side and bottom facesrespectively abutting the said vertical and horizontal walls, saidreceptacle having a thickened lower portion incorporating a slot open atthe upper end and extending downwardly into the thickened portion, apair of ribbon springs, one end of each spring being anchored in one ofsaid case openings and the other end of each spring extending into oneof the receptacles and having lateral projections seating in the slot ofsuch receptacle, a first ramp sloping upwardly from the bottom towardthe vertical wall of each said recess, and a second ramp, forming an ex"tension of the first and sloping inwardly toward each said vertical casewall, the said inner side of each receptacle having a recessv of a widthto accommodate the said ramps.

2. Ihe combination with a shaver case, a shearing head supported on thecase :at one end thereof and the case having a recess below and at eachend of the shearing head, each said recess including a vertical wallsubstantially in the plane of the end of the shearing head and asubstantially horizontal wall at the lower end of the vertical wall: or"a clippings receptacle in each said recess having inner side and bottomfaces respectively abutting the said vertical and horizontal walls, saidreceptacle having a thickened lower portion incorporating a recess onthe side abutting the said vertical wall, a first ramp sloping upwardlyfrom the bottom toward the vertical wall of the said first-mentionedrecess, a second ramp, forming an extension of the first and slopinginwardly toward each said vertical case wall, said ramps being alignedwith and of a Width less than the said receptacle recesses, and a springfor each receptacle having one end anchored to the case and the other tothe receptacle.

3. The combination with asshavercase, ashearing head supported on thecase at one end thereof and the case having a recess below and at eachend of the shearing head, each said recess including a vertical wallsubstantially in the plane of the end of the shearing head and asubstantially horizontal wall at the lower end of the vertical. wall: ofa clip-pings receptacle in each said recess having inner side and bottomfaces respectively abutting the said vertical and horizontal walls, afirst ramp sloping upwardly from the bottom toward the vertical wall ofeach case recess, a second ramp, forming an extension of the first andsloping inwardly toward each said vertical case wall, the inner side ofeach receptacle having a recess to accommodate said ramps and a hingespring for each receptacle having one end anchored to the case and theother end to the receptacle.

4. In a shaver case having angularly disposed side and bottom wallsdefining a case recess and a spring-hinged, troughdilre hair receptacleseated in said case recess with the side and bottom of the receptaclerespectively abutting the side and bottom walls of the case recess, theimprovement which comprises: a first ramp sloping upwardly from thebottom of the case recess toward the said side thereof and a secondramp, forming an extension of the first and sloping inwardly toward thesaid side of the case recess, the said side and bottom of the receptaclebeing recessed to accommodate the said ramps when the receptacle sideand bottom are in position to abut the side and bottom of the caserecess.

a shaver case having angularly disposed side and bottom walls defining acase recess and sprin '-hinged trough-like hair receptacle seated insaid case recess with the side and bottom of the receptacle respectivelyabutting the side and bottom walls of the case recess, the improvementwhich comprises: a first ramp sloping upwardly from the bottom of thecase recess toward the said side thereof and a second ramp, forming anextension of the first and sloping inwardly toward the said side of thecase recess.

6. In a shaver case having angularly disposed side and bottom wallsdefining a case recess and a springhinged, trough-like hair receptacleseated in said case recess with the side and bottom of the receptaclerespectively abutting the side and bottom walls of the case recess, theimprovement which comprises: a ramp sloping upwardly from the bottom ofthe case recess toward the side thereof, the said receptacle beingrecessed to accommodate the ramp when the receptacle side and bottom arein position to abut the side and bottom of the case recess.

SAMUEL KAHN.

CURTIS D. MABRY, JR.

No references cited.

